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August 2007 Cocoa Club Newsletter

Product of the month:

Don’t forget to check out our apparel items in our apparel section for upcoming gift ideas!

We have many great sayings that are available on hats, mugs, tees, totes and more!!

Some of our sayings include:

"Warning Chocolate Cravings Ahead!"

"Behind Every Successful Woman is a Lot of Chocolate!"

"Don’t Talk to Me ‘til I’ve Had My Chocolate!"

"Powered by Chocolate"

"Chocolate Goddess"

And More!!

We had a great time at Wining Women Wednesday sponsored by Vino100columbia.com! Thanks everyone for attending!

The Palmetto Center for Women’s Brown Bag Lunch featured us for their speaker to tell of the health benefits of chocolate! Eat Dessert First Everyone! Chocolate is good for you! For more learning opportunities go to:

www.palmettocenterforwomen.org

We look forward to the upcoming Charleston Chocolate Walking Tour for the holiday season! Tickets are on sale already for December 2007 and February 2008! Tickets available at http://www.zerve.com/CulinaryTour/Seduce

Chicks Love Chocolate® Chocolate Orange Dream Martini

Ingredients:

Chicks Love Chocolate® Chocolate Orange Cookies

Ingredients:

6 Tbsp butter, softened

6 tsp sugar

1 egg

1 Tbsp milk

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa

Frosting:

1 ½ cups confectioner’s sugar, sifted

3 Tbsp orange juice

1 oz semisweet chocolate, melted

Make the frosting first by adding the confectionery sugar to a bowl and stir in the orange juice. The frosting will coat the back of a spoon. Let set.

Make the cookies by preheating the oven to 350F. Beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and milk. Sift the flour and the cocoa together and gradually mix together to form a soft dough. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface until ¼ inch thick. Cut into round shapes with cookie cutter. Place the cookies on a cookie sheet (best lined with parchment if possible). Bake for 8-10 minutes until golden brown. Let the cookies cool on a wire rack completely before frosting.

Frost with the orange frosting. Drizzle with the melted chocolate! Enjoy!

Chicks Love Chocolate ® Chocolate Orange Drizzle Cake

You’ll love this cake! It is full of fresh oranges! The family will love it!

You will need a ring pan for this recipe.

Cake Ingredients:

6 oz. Butter, softened

2 small oranges

3 oz semisweet chocolate

1 ½ self-rising flour

1 ½ teaspoon baking powder

¾ cup sugar

3 eggs, beaten

Glaze Ingredients:

2 cups confectionery sugar

2 Tbsp orange juice

2 oz semisweet chocolate chips, melted

Preheat the oven to 325F. Grease a ring pan, fluted or plain. Grate the rind of 1 orange and set aside. Remove the rind of the other orange and cute in fine strips and set aside. Reserving all juice, cut the orange segments up into small pieces. Grate the chocolate onto a plate. Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl. Add the butter, sugar, eggs, grated orange rind and any reserved juice. Beat until smooth. Gently fold in the chopped oranges and grated chocolate. Spoon the batter into the pan. Bake in the oven for 40 minutes, or until golden brown. Let stand in the pan for 5 minutes before turning out the cake onto a wire rack. Let cool completely.

To make the glaze, add the orange juice to the sugar until coating consistency. Drizzle on the cake. Drizzle with the chocolate and top with the strips of orange rind.

Enjoy the rest of your summer everyone!

Melanie